Mariia Volonish | Klynove

It was so terrible at night when things started flying around!

I raise nine grandchildren by myself. My two daughters raise money for my treatment and surgery, so they have to earn money.

We do not sit idle — we have a large vegetable garden. During the attacks, I hid in the basement with my daughters and grandchildren. Four-year-old Bohdan suffered from the bombing the most. The stress made him very ill, and he still doesn't talk much.

We live in a small rural house with two rooms. Adults sleep in the kitchen.

I go through all the hardships of life and cry every day. I am seriously ill. I am afraid for my grandchildren that there will be no one to look after them. We save all the money that our daughters earn for a surgery.

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